我们需要什么朋友-敢说真话的知己(6)

What friends do we need?

 

我们需要什么朋友？

 

A Brutally¹ Honest Confidant

 

敢说真话的知己

 

There's certain situations in life where we need tohear the harsh truth. That's what the brutally honest confidant is for.

 

If you're in a rocky relationship and everyone's telling you that it's perfectly² normal that you're back with that specialsomeone for the 8th time in the last 2 years, the brutally honest confidant isthere to yank your rose-colored glasses off and tell you, "Enough.

 

Stop with all that break-up-and-get-back-togetherdrama. You deserve better."

 

Friends are supposed to be honest with each other.If you find someone who is brutally honest with you (in a constructive³ way),then hold on to this person! People like that are hard to come by these days.

 

1 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。